something I am grateful for today

the arrival of another art-related package [early birthday gifts to myself]:





I recently discovered the pastel work of Tara Will, and its expressiveness is so inspiring that I was moved to revisit pastels, decades after a few years of trying them in high school. The ones I used in school were hard -- coloured chalk, essentially. These new ones are so soft that I would actually call them succulent, and I am excited to be able to try them out!